3,849 Quotes About Intelligence

Show Holmes a drop of water and he would deduce the existence of the Atlantic. Show it to me and I would look for a tap. That was the difference between us.

There's a stark difference between the words 'prodigy' and 'genius.' Prodigies can very quickly learn what other people have already figured out; geniuses discover that which no one has ever previously discovered. Prodigies learn; geniuses do.

I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.

Eroticize intelligence.

Where all think alike, no one thinks very much.

Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire.A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.

I have long held the opinion that the amount of noise that anyone can bear undisturbed stands in inverse proportion to his mental capacity and therefore be regarded as a pretty fair measure of it.

If reason ruled the world would history even exist?

It's hard to decide who's truly brilliant; it's easier to see who's driven, which in the long run may be more important.